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For Extra Security at Enom, Use Account Validation

Elliot Silver
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While logging into my account the other day at Enom, I noticed that they had an option to enable “Account Validation.” This is an extra layer of security that asks you questions just about every time you log in to your account, to verify that you are the account holder.

When you enable Account Validation, you’re taken to a screen where you must choose four questions to answer out of a large group of questions. There are choices about your first pet, first car, teachers, schools favorite vacation spot…etc. You must select and then answer four of the questions, which will be used to validate your credentials on future log in attempts.

After this is enabled, when you log in, it will randomly display two questions to answer. You can choose an option to not display the questions on future log ins, although I check the box every time and I still get asked the questions. Perhaps it’s a cookie setting on my computer that is causing this.

One thing I like is that the answers don’t auto populate when I begin typing, which would seemingly give away the answers. When I log in to my Paypal account without my security key, it asks me two questions, and as soon as I type the first correct letter, my full answer appears. With Enom, this doesn’t happen, making it more secure.

I recommend adding Account Validation to your account.

I recommend that you enable Account Validation at Enom when you have a chance.

Name.com Labor Day Sale

Elliot Silver
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Name.com has a special offer for domain names in honor of Labor Day. From now through midnight MST on September 5, 2011, you can get special rates on .com, .net, and .US domain name registrations when you purchase them using the coupon promotion code ‘HARDWORK’

The special prices are set at:

  • $6.99 .US registrations
  • $8.49 .COM registrations
  • $7.99 .NET registrations
The only fine print I saw is the end time/date, so it doesn’t appear that there are any limits to the number of domain names that you can register or that can be registered as part of this promotion. If I hear otherwise, I will let you know.

Jeff Kupietzky Starts Blog

Elliot Silver
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Now that he is no longer CEO of Oversee.net and has moved to Israel with his family, Jeff Kupietzky has started a blog at LAXCEO.com. Jeff’s blog will be a personal blog reflecting upon his time as CEO and how he transitions into his new life.

Here’s what Jeff says his blog will cover:

“As I transition out of a full-time CEO role in Los Angeles, I will be blogging about what it means to be a fomer CEO (exCEO) while also reflecting what it was like to manage multiple offices around the world frequently traveling though  my home  airport (LAX).”

Although his time at Oversee may have been more brief than he and others had hoped, I think there is a lot to learn from Jeff’s experiences and hopefully he will share some of them with his readers.

I am sure he has some sort of non-disclosure agreement that would prevent him from discussing Oversee business, but hopefully he can reflect upon some of his experiences and we can learn from them to grow our businesses.

Moniker Email Attachments Not Working on Mac Mail

Elliot Silver
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When I am transferring domain names from another registrar to Moniker, I receive a status report email every morning with an update about the progress of each domain name. The email contains the following information to let me know if there are any troubles with the transfer:

Please open our attachment for a list of the domains that are being transfered into Moniker.
If your domain does not have a SUCCESS or TRANSFER-PENDING status your domain is most likely locked.
Please address those issues with the registrar where your domain is.
Names with a status of SUCCESS are in your account now.

Common Status Codes
SUCCESS – Transfer has completed.
TRANSFER-PENDING – Domain has been submitted for transfer and is pending completion.
552 – Domain is locked or transfer status prohibits transfer please contact your registrar.

It’s an important email since it lets me know if I need to reinitiate a transfer or look into problems with the transfer. Unfortunately, the email never appears to have an attachment when I open it in my MacBook’s MacMail program. I do know there is an attachment, as I can access it from my Blackberry, but for some reason, it doesn’t work with my MacBook.

I’ve known about this issue for so long, I’ve gotten use to the work around and haven’t thought about it until someone else brought it up to me. This person mentioned that he reported it to Moniker, and I recall reporting it as well, a long time ago. It hasn’t been rectified.

Perhaps Oversee can fix this so I don’t have to rely on my Blackberry to read my attachment, especially since the email usually arrives at 2am, and I often forget to even check on the status report.

Potential gTLD Cash Cow: .3D

Elliot Silver
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I think it’s pretty clear that domain investors will be highly coveted by gTLD operators, who would likely expect thousands of sales for investment purposes. If the number of speculators alone were an indication of a potential money pit for a particular gTLD, I would imagine .3D would do very well.

As we witnessed in the Future Trend Domain Auction â„¢ that ended yesterday, there are a lot of people who own (and are looking to sell) 3D related domain names. On Sedo alone, there nearly 25,000 listings that have 3D in the domain name. At BuyDomains, there are over 4,000 3D domain names for sale.

Just from those two venues, assuming a $25 annual fee, that would be close to $750,000 in annual registrations. I know that some of these are duplicate strings, but it’s an interesting figure to consider. With trademark holders, private auctions, and further sales, it’s would likely be a cash cow.

Personally, I don’t think many names would make sense as a dot 3d. I can think of a few, but I wouldn’t advocate buying them unless a person had a specific plan in mind. As domain investors, one should be aware of all the ways one can make money in this space. This is something prospective registry operators will consider.

dot3d.com was created in 2oo2. Interestingly, it lists an expiration date of 2008 at DomainTools, so there’s something funky happening there. The domain name does not resolve.

Jeff Kupietzky’s Last Day

Elliot Silver
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According to the news release from Oversee.net a few weeks ago, today is Jeff Kupietsky’s last day. I don’t know who is stepping into the role as Oversee CEO, but perhaps more information will be forthcoming.

During Kupietsky’s tenure at Oversee (5 years with the company and 2.5 as President and CEO), the company became one of the largest players in the domain investment space. The company acquired Moniker and Snapnames, and with its Domain Sponsor platform, Oversee has a division for just about all elements of the domain lifecycle / ecosystem.

I certainly wish Jeff and his family all the best.

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